New Brunswick man pleads not guilty to murder in stabbing death of another city manFile photo

NEW BRUNSWICK — A city man pleaded not guilty this afternoon to the murder of another city man early Saturday morning.

Carlos Lopez sat quietly as his attorney, Marsha Munoz, a deputy public defender, entered the plea for him before Superior Court Judge Bradley Ferencz in New Brunswick.

Lopez, 47, is charged with stabbing David Campos-Garcia, 41, to death on Suydam Street in New Brunswick early Saturday morning.

An investigation by Detective Drew Weiss of the New Brunswick Police Department and county Investigator Adrian Villegas, led to the arrest of Lopez at his home on Handy Street about six and a half hours after the stabbing, according to Acting Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey.

The families of both Lopez and Campos-Garcia were in the courtroom when Lopez appeared before the judge, but neither family said anything. After the hearing, members of Campos-Garcia’s family said they did not want to comment.

Authorities have not revealed the motive for the alleged attack.

Lopez is being held on $1 million bail in the Middlesex County jail.

Carey said the investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to call Weiss at (732) 745-5217 or Villegas at (732) 745-3300.

This is the second murder in the city this month. On June 13, Eduardo Lopez was shot to death. Three men have been charged with the shooting authorities said was gang-related.